Photochemical carbon dioxide reduction with metal complexes: Differences between cobalt and nickel macrocycles
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
- Osaka Univ., Suita, Osaka (Japan)
Problems related to increases of green house gases in the atmosphere and the depletion of fossil fuels have made the conversion of CO{sub 2} into useful chemicals and fuels an important area of research. However, CO{sub 2} reduction poses many scientific challenges. Despite intense interest in photochemical and electrochemical CO{sub 2} reduction, the kinetics and mechanism of the reduction remain unclear in many systems. This research focuses on mechanistic and kinetic studies of photochemical and electrochemical CO{sub 2} reduction that involves metal complexes as catalysts. This work makes use of UV-vis, NMR, and FTIR spectroscopy, flash photolysis, pulse radiolysis, X-ray diffraction, XANES (X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy) and EXAFS (extended X-ray absorption fine structure). Here the authors summarize their research on photochemical carbon dioxide reduction with metal macrocycles.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 564011
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-64734; CONF-970945-; ON: DE98001861; TRN: AHC29804%%16
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 4. international conference on carbon dioxide utilization, Kyoto (Japan), 7-11 Sep 1997; Other Information: PBD: [1997]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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